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Article: WOLFGANG'S KITCHEN Say (warm goat) cheese (salad)
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- Columbia Daily Tribune
- Article date:
- August 2, 2006
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One of the most widely ordered restaurant salads of the 1980s was
the Warm Goat Cheese Salad. The dish helped popularize fresh, creamy
goat cheese, and it remains a favorite of many people to this day.
I'm happy to say that I played a part in the rise of that salad.
When we opened Spago on Hollywood's Sunset Strip 1982, my version was
on the menu from Day One. Everybody seemed to enjoy the combination
of hot and cold temperatures; crisp and creamy textures; and sharp,
mild, bitter and sweet flavors. Soon people were requesting it in
larger portions, to eat as a main course.
That's a great thing about salads today: So many people now
consider them a satisfying main-course alternative, and not ...